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Last fall, devs asked The Secret World players to submit their most burning questions about the game, and then the community voted on which ones they wanted Lead Designer Romain "Tilty" Amiel to answer to most. The top five winners have now received their answers! Tilty explained more about the Third Core Capacitor and Supernal Diode (they were "a part...

The One Shots community does love congregating on Sundays to post favorite MMO screenshots in the comments section. While I certainly do love and appreciate getting pictures sent in via email, I'll admit that I equally enjoy perusing the comments to see what's tacked on to each week's column. So today I'm going to devote an entire edition of One...

Subscriber rewards are one of those little things that I always like to see. I pretty much always subscribe to a game if it's an option and I plan to play it, because... well, that's how I'm wired, and it also means that there are at least even odds that I'll be committed for a bit. But some games...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the Oculus Rift, once a crowdfunded venture, is now asking a whopping $599 for its final product, befuddling market analysts. Meanwhile, Greed Monger returned from the dead, Divergence Online staggered to Steam early access, and TUG picked up a cool $8.5 million in funding to start over in a new engine, meaning a year's delay to...

Ask any homeowner: The biggest headache is having to keep up with all of the things that keep breaking around the house. Broadsword knows this all too well, as it's had to take Dark Age of Camelot's housing system offline to fix some unspecified issues. "As most of you know, we've had some issues with the housing zones and have...

Games like Albion Online offer players a great deal of versatility in builds, but it's not always immediately apparent how to turn all of those options into actual working character builds. It helps to see what the developers meant for players to do with all of the tools. To that end, the development team for the game is doing...

You might think it's the year 2016, but for Elite Dangerous players, the calendar has ticked over to 3302 and brings the promise of more adventures and features. In this week's newsletter, Frontier outlined some of the content coming with the continuation of its Horizons expansion rollout. Players can expect to see a commander creator for their avatars, launch small craft...

Bored of MMOs, despondent about the industry, or simply looking for something a little different? Turning to something similar to MMOs, yet offering a new experience, is what's attracted many people to online action RPGs. MMOARPGs, or ARPGs for short, are a booming segment of the online games industry for their fast gameplay, bite-sized sessions, and ease of play. They're distinguished...

No, you're still not invited to hang out at Star Citizen's exclusive Million Mile High Club -- at least, unless you've decided to spend $10,000 on the game for some reason. But you can press your grubby face up against the glass and gawk at its pristine beauty. CIG is no doubt trying to spark a little envy in its...

MassivelyOP's MJ has yet to find an angler fish in ARK: Survival Evolved, and she really wants to! That means it's time for a fishing trip. And not just any fishing trip -- a deep-sea dive. MJ has a small aquatic herd of sharks, dolphins, and even lockness monsters to help her in her underwater adventures, but that is...